---
name: "Fin Oates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fin-oates"
fi1m_id: "fin-oates"
imdb_id: "nm7253374"
tmdb_id: 3878368
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T21:21:58.921933+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fin Oates

## Identity

Fin Oates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fin-oates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fin-oates
- **IMDb ID:** nm7253374
- **TMDB ID:** 3878368
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7253374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3878368

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Fionnuala Oates
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Crime 1, History 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $36m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7253374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3878368

## Coming up

- *Ink* (2026-12-11), Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*How to Have Sex*](https://film.one/film/how-to-have-sex.md) (84), [*Bad Sisters*](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md) (78)
- **HBO Max:** [*Warfare*](https://film.one/film/warfare.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fin Oates is a film and television editor. Early credits, under the name Fionnuala Oates, include assistant editing roles on series such as *The Royals*, *The Innocents* and *SS-GB*.

Oates edited the feature *How to Have Sex* (2023), directed by Molly Manning Walker, and *Warfare* (2025), directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza. Television work includes episodes of *I Hate Suzie*, *Bad Sisters* (2022) and *Kaos* (2024). *Warfare* won the BIFA for Best Editing in 2025 and received a nomination for Best Editing at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Ink* (2026), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Warfare* (2025), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/warfare.md)
- *How to Have Sex* (2023), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-have-sex.md)
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ink* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Warfare* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/warfare.md)
- *Smile* (2024), Editor
- *How to Have Sex* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-have-sex.md)
- *I Hate Suzie Too* (2022), Editor
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), series, Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *Chloe* (2022), series, Editor
- *Kafkas* (2021), Editor
- *The Walk* (2021), Editor
- *Good Grief* (2021), Editor
- *Cindy* (2020), Editor

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